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Compositions by David Matthews

42 compositions
Composition M Catalog Comp'd Duration Publisher Notes  
Mirror Canon 1963 A  
Quartet [1963 ca.] 1963 ca.

Lost
Quartet [1965] 1965

Withdrawn
Quartet [1966] 1966

Withdrawn
Quartet [1968] 1968

Withdrawn
Quartet No. 1 Op. 4 1970 C

Faber

Revised in 1980
Prelude, Op. 74 No. 4 1972 A

Adaptation of music of Aleksandr Skryabin
Canon for Michael Tippett 1974 A  
Dedicated to / written for:

Michael Tippett
Quartet No. 2 Op. 16 1976 B

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Quartet No. 3 Op. 18 1978 B

Faber

Later revised
Commissioned by:

British Broadcasting Corporation
Small Town 1980

Adaptation of music of Peter Sculthorpe
Sonata No. 11 for Piano, Op. 22, 2nd movement 1980 A

Adaptation of music of Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet No. 4 Op. 27 1981 D

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Commissioned by:

Portsmouth Festival


Dedicated to / written for:

Endellion Quartet
Quartet No. 5 Op. 36 1985 B

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Commissioned by:

North West Arts


Dedicated to / written for:

Brodsky Quartet
Adagio Op. 56a 1990 A

Faber

Basis of the 2nd movement of Quartet No. 6
Dedicated to / written for:

Peter Fuller (m.)
Quartet No. 6 Op. 56 1991 B

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Commissioned by:

Little Missenden Festival; Friends of the [Little Missenden] Festival; Buckinghamshire Arts Association


Dedicated to / written for:

Brindisi Quartet
Skies Now are Skies

Quartet No. 7

 		Op. 64 1994 B

Faber

Text by D. H. Lawrence, E. E. Cummings, Bible
Includes: Tenor
Commissioned by:

Coull Quartet; West Midlands Arts; Cargill Fund
3 Housman Songs Op. 69 1996 A

Faber

Text by A. E. Housman
Includes: Soprano
Sonata No. 28 for Piano in A major, Op. 101 1997 C

Adaptation of music of Ludwig van Beethoven
Canon for Michael Berkeley 1998  
Dedicated to / written for:

Michael Berkeley
Quartet No. 8 Op. 75 1998 B  
Commissioned by:

Norfolk and Norwich Music Club


Dedicated to / written for:

Pavel Novák
Quartet No. 9 Op. 80 2000 C

Faber

 		 
Commissioned by:

Mandelring Quartet; Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg; Stiftung Pfälzische Hypothekenbank; Förderkreis Hambacher Musikfest
Quartet No. 10 Op. 84 2001 B

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Commissioned by:

Frank Ward
Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 869 2002 B

Adaptation of music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue Op. 88b 2002

Faber

Adaptation of the composer’s own music
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai 2004 A

Adaptation of music of Robert Schumann
Little Serenade Op. 93 2004 A

Faber

Became the 4th movement of Quartet No. 12.
Commissioned by:

Cheltenham Festival
Quartet No. 11 Op. 108 2008 B

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Commissioned by:

Proms at St. Jude’s
Quartet No. 12 Op. 114 2010 D

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Dedicated to / written for:

Kreutzer Quartet
Diabelli Variation 2011 A

Adaptation of the composer’s own music
Mirror Canon 2011 A

Adaptation of the composer’s own music
11 New Bagatelles, Op. 119 2013 B

Adaptation of music of Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle, WoO 56 2014 A

Adaptation of music of Ludwig van Beethoven
Gigue, K. 574 2014 A

Adaptation of music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Minuet, K. 355/576b 2014 A

Adaptation of music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sunrise Op. 145a 2016 A

Faber

The 2nd movement of Quartet No. 14
Commissioned by:

Onslow Quartet
Quartet No. 14 Op. 145 2017 B

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Dedicated to / written for:

Kreutzer Quartet
Sospiri 2018 A

Adaptation of music of Edward Elgar
Stille Nacht

Silent Night

 		2018 A

Adaptation of music of Franz Xaver Gruber
Quartet No. 15 Op. 159 2021 B

Faber

 		 
Dedicated to / written for:

Kreutzer Quartet
Quartet No. 16 Op. 161 2021 B

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Commissioned by:

Beverley Chamber Music Festival


Dedicated to / written for:

Hugh Wood (m.)
Quartet No. 17 Op. 164 2022 B

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Dedicated to / written for:

Benjamin Britten (m.) (“in homage to Benjamin Britten”)